![]() It was "found" and named in 1949 by Schuel Nursery, South Bend, Indiana, USA. Although it seldom needs pruning, with age (and conditions) 'Skyrocket' can get leggy and wider than its advertised 2 to 3 foot (60 - 90 cm) spread. Because of this, it has become the most popular upright juniper growing 15 feet (3 m) tall and 2 feet (60 cm) wide after 10 years, making it, some claim, the narrowest juniper one can find. Once established, 'Skyrocket' is drought tolerant and is often used as a screen or windbreak for full sun, in place of the more common Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), especially beyond the cypress' USDA Zone 7 limits. 'Skyrocket' is a very popular landscape tree for suburban landscapes. Skyrocket is a narrowly columnar evergreen conifer to 6m, with grey-blue foliage. The scale-like sprays of foliage are highly ornamental and remain powder blue throughout the winter. ![]() It has attractive powder blue evergreen foliage. It also creates crops of blue berries that are popular as winter forage for birds. Skyrocket Juniper is a dwarf conifer which is primarily valued in the landscape for its rigidly columnar form. Its branching is mostly fastigiate and foliage is silvery blue in color. ![]() In the east it often (inappropriately) called the red cedar. Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket' is a narrowly conical, female selection of Rocky Mountain or western juniper. Additions to the International Conifer Register.
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